Rein and whip holder



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' FRANK O. AYER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

REIN AND WHIP HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,016, dated January23, 1853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK O. AYER, of 00- lumbus, in the county ofFranklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Im provementin Combined Rein and Whip Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in the combined holder for thereins and for the whip as an attachment for vehicle-dashes; and thespecific matter of my improvement consists in the peculiar constructionof a plate-spring, which serves, in connection with the whip-socket, asa holder for the reins and a holder for the whip, the construction beingsuch that both together may be held by the spring or independent of eachother.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in elevationthe combined holder for the reins and for the whip; Fig. 2, a verticalsection of the same; Fig. 3, the platespring in different positions;Fig. 4, a vertical section, showing a modification, and Fig. 5, thespring as used in the modification.

The socket A is preferably of sheet metal, with a wooden collar, A,suited to receive the handle of the whip. The socket is rigidly securedto ametal bar. 0, by clasps D D, so that the bar and the socketconstitute the support for the spring, and their relation to each other.

is such that the spring may be attached to either and perform itsfunction of both holding the reins or the whip separately or together.The bar 0 is concave on its outer side, and is rigidly secured to thedash-frame by clips 0 O".

The spring B is a steel plate, and has a straight clamping part, a, forthe reins between the whip-socket and the bar (J, to either of which itcan be attached by a return or lapping upper end, b, while its lowerpart, c,is passed through an opening, 0, in the side of the socket andbent so as to clamp the whiphandle within the socket. As'shown in Fig.2,

the spring is bent down ward in the socket with a short bend, d, whereit passes into the socket. The spring is set soas to press inward towardor against the outer side of the socket at the opening 0, so that whenthe spring is attached to the upper end of the bar C it forms a clampApplication filed May 31. 1882. (Model) for the reins against the outerside ot'thesooket, the spring being pressed away from the socket toreceive the reins. This pressing away ofthe spring causes its inner bendto bear upon the lower edge of the opening 0, so that the bandie of thewhip, compressing the inner part of the spring, is thereby held. By thisconstruction the reins or the whip may be held independent of eachother. In Fig. 4 the spring is secured by its return or lapping end tothe whip-socket, and its inner end is bent upward to near the upperendof the socket; but the holding action of this form upon the reins andupon the whip-handle is the same, either together or separately, thereins in this case being clamped against the bar 0. In either form ofspring its outer and its inner bearing parts cooperate with the socketand with the bar 0, for the purpose stated, in which the reins may beheld without placing the whip in the socket. The rein-holding part ofthe spring has a biting-rib, E, to prevent slipping of the reins.

I claim- 1. The combination, substantially as herein described, of thesocket A, having the side opening, a, and the bar 0, with theplate-spring secured at its upper end at a point outside of said socketand between it and said bar, forming an exterior clamping rein-holder,and extending into said socket to form an independent clamp and holderfor the whip, the said exterior and interior parts of the spring serving as clamps separately or together.

2..The plate-spring B, having the upper return or lapping end, I), thegripping ribbed part a, and the clamping bent part c, constructedsubstantially as described and combined with the whip-socket, therein-holding part of said spring being arranged between the socket andits supporting-bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK O. AYER. [L. s]

Witnesses:

T. H. McOoY, T. M. LIVESAY.

